Package and container therefor



Feb. 6, 1934.

A. J. JUDGE PACKAGE AND CONTAINER THEREFOR Filed May 25, 1931 Patented Feb. 6, 1934 UNETEE STATES PATENT OFFECE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to packages including packages of confectionery and the like, and it has for its object to provide an ornate and attractive package of this class comprising one or more, but preferably a plurality of, articles of merchandise, such as packets of confectionery, arranged within a container or carton by which they are held in an attractive and orderly fashion and also displayed to the best advantage.

To these ends I have provided a package of the class described comprising a box or container of stiff sheet material having a side wall formed with a plurality of small individual apertures, and including a plurality of packets of merchandise each of which has a body portion enclosed within, but preferably exposed to view to a substantial extent, by said box. Each packet comprises a wrapper of flexible sheet material provided with one or more end portions each extending beyond the contents of said wrapper through one of said apertures and being twisted closely adjacent said contents to provide an ornate package embellishing flower-like rosette outside of said box. Thus the group of flower-like rosettes upon the exterior of the box or container gives to the package a very attractive and ornamental appearance, particularly if the twisted end portions are colored or distinctively shaded, as is preferred.

Other features of my invention are hereinafter pointed out.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a package of confectionery embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the package shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side View partly broken away and in section of the bottom section of the container or box.

Figure 4 is a side view partly broken away and in section of the top section of the container or box.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of a portion of the container or box illustrating the manner in which the two sections thereof are assembled.

The embodiment of my invention herein illustrated comprises an oblong box, carton or container of stiff sheet material such as cardboard consisting of two sections 1 and 2. The section 1 is the bottom section of the carton and it comprises a base or bottom wall 3 provided with a marginal upstanding skirt or wall made up of two oppositely disposed end walls 4 and two oppositely disposed side Walls 5. The other section of the box or container comprises a top wall consisting of a flange '7 provided with a perpendicular marginal skirt including two oppositely disposed end walls 8 and two oppositely disposed side walls 9.

The skirt of the top section of the box or carton is made of a size to receive within it telescopically the wall or skirt of the bottom section 1 as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

The side walls 5 of the bottom section 1 are made each with a longitudinal row of V-shaped notches 6 spaced apart uniformly a distance approximating the width of a packet of confectionery 13.

When the two sections 1 and. 2 are assembled telescopically as illustrated in Fig. 5 the notches 7 of one register with and overlap the notches of the other with the result that when thus assembled the opposite side walls of the box or carton are provided each with a row of apertures or holes 12, each of which is completely surrounded by the material of the side wall. Each packet 13 includes as a part thereof a wrapper of flexible sheet material surrounding a body of confectionery or the like and having end portions 14 which extend beyond the opposite ends of the body of confectionery and are twisted as at 15 to form flower-like rosettes 14. The wrapper may be made of cellophane and have an intermediate body portion that is of glass-like transparency and end portions which are brightly colored as 5 indicated by the shading. When the package is being assembled a row of packets 13 is placed within the bottom section 1 of the container with the tightly twisted neck portions 15 of the rosettes occupying the notches 6 of said section. The top 0 section 2 is then slid into position upon the lower section 1 which completely confines the neck portion of each rosette Within one of the holes or apertures 12 as will be clear. The rosettes 14 flare outwardly from the container and therefore, being larger than the apertures 12 serve to mask or hide the latter to a considerable extent.

By constructing the top wall 7 of the upper section 2 as an inwardly extending flange as shown a window opening 11 is provided in said top wall through which the intermediate body portions of the packets 13 are exposed to view.

The above described package is of very attractive and ornamental appearance and moreover the packets of confectionery, besides being held each in its proper place within the container, are exposed to view so that the contents of each packet can be seen from the top. In addition the container provides an efiicient holder for a plurality of packets from which they can be conllO veniently and quickly removed as they are sold. Also the package as a unit provides a very attractive article of merchandise.

What I claim is:

A package of the character described comprising an elongate oblong box structure of stiff sheet material including two box sections having skirt portions telescopically fitted together each of which comprises two oppositely disposed short end walls and two oppositely disposed long side walls, the long side walls of said two sections being formed adjacent to their free edges with rows of registering notches which provide two rows of small apertures, one at each side of said box structure, and one of said box sections having a top wall formed with a window extending longitudinally throughout the greater portion of the length of said section intermediate said rows of apertures, and a plurality of packets of merchandise each of which includes a body portion disposed within said box structure and exposed to view through said window and a wrapper of flexible sheet material having opposite end portions extending through two of said apertures and twisted closely adjacent to said body portion to provide an ornate flower-like rosette outside of said box structure, the twisted portions of said rosettes being completely surrounded by the sheet material of said skirt portions and said apertures being spaced apart relatively so that said packets are disposed side by side within said box structure.

J. JUDGE. 

